while

Meaning of while

noun
  1. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
    He lectured for quite a long while.
verb
  1. To pass (time) idly.
  2. To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass.
  3. To loiter.

preposition

Until.

conjunction
  1. During the same time that.
    He was sleeping while I was singing.
  2. Although.
    This case, while interesting, is a bit frustrating.
  3. Until.
    I'll wait while you've finished painting.
  4. As long as.
    While you're at school you may live at home.
  5. (public policy) Used to denote an individual experiencing racial profiling when performing a seemingly benign activity.
    He was detained for four hours at the store yesterday. His crime? Shopping while black.

Information about while

  • The plural form of while is: whiles.
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Hyphenation of while

while

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • while is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

while synonyms

Meaning piece:

piece, spell, patch

Meaning :

idle, laze, lounge, linger, providing, whilst, till

Translation of while

Words that rhyme with while

hile, Chile, Megachile, camachile, chile, epichile, kamachile, kamanichile, megachile, tornachile, trachile, narghile, Anglophile, Austrophile, Belgophile, Europhile, Francophile, Gallophile, Germanophile, Hellenophile, Herophile, Heterophile, Hispanophile, Indophile, Italophile, Japanophile, Judaeophile, Lusophile, Negrophile, Russophile, Scotophile, Serbophile, Sinophile, Slavophile, Teutophile, Turcophile, Turkophile, achromatophile, acidophile, aerophile, ailourophile, ailurophile, ambiphile, amphiphile, amphophile, anemophile, anglophile, anilinophile, anthophile, arctophile

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